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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Smear. ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... ~75% of human malaria ... #peripheral #clinical ... #microbiology #malaria
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Smear A classic ... Plasmodium falciparum malaria ... smear. ... #clinical #microscopy ... #malaria #microbiology
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
on peripheral smear ... Diagnosis? ... size amoeboid trophozoite ... PlasmodiumVivax #pvivax #malaria ... #blood #clinical
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
FUO) - Further Workup ... • Travel to malaria–endemic ... Thick and thin smear ... node biopsy • Clinical ... #diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Investigations: full blood ... investigations depending on clinical
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
- Differential Diagnosis ... Peripheral Smear ... hematology for workup ... hematologic: Acute blood ... Rebound effect from treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... myalgia, serositis, Kidney ... & NPSLE rare, Malar ... • Immunologic Workup ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
A 37-year-old woman initially presented with pancytopenia and found to have leukopenia (2.1 × 103/μL) with
She was diagnosed ... hospitalization and treatment ... her peripheral blood ... #Clinical #Path ... #BloodSmear #Blood
Gitelman Syndrome - Diagnosis and Workup
Blood Work:
 - Hypokalemia
 - Hypomagnesemia
 - Metabolic Alkalosis
 - Elevated
and Workup Blood ... Work: - Hypokalemia ... excretion of Cl > 0.5% Clinical ... autosomal dominant kidney ... of echogenic kidneys
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... Manifestations: Malar ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment